This Isn’t America’s First Tango With Progressive Populism
Bernie’s democratic socialist platform, as well as the rising populist progressive movement, have been described by both supporters and critics as unprecedented in US history. Yet they are very much based on the precedents that Roosevelt…
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US Elections Podcast Series: A Slightly Less Super Tuesday
In this edition of McGill International Review’s American Elections Podcast, Amine Kanoun, Sara Parker and Tilila Bakrim cover the March 10th Democratic Primaries, Biden's rise to frontrunner, the continued relevance of other…
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Blackout: Journalism on Trial in the Philippines
In the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte has put journalism on trial. In this episode of Blackout, MIR Editor-in-Chief Alec Regino and Creative & Media Director Camille Point scrutinize the role of journalists in the Philippines with…
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Pandemics Abroad: Immigration Policy and the Coronavirus in East Asia
Currently, governments in East Asia and elsewhere are still trying to determine the best course of action for dealing with the Wuhan coronavirus. It is very likely that more measures restricting immigration within the region will be…
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Déploiement de troupes en Libye : la Turquie révèle ses ambitions
Depuis la tentative infructueuse de coup d’état en juin 2016, Erdogan souhaite accroître son influence dans la région. Comme le démontre l’intervention des forces armées turques, la Libye constitue dans cette démarche un enjeu majeur, tant…
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Weinstein’s Convictions: What It Means For Assault Victims
The walls obscuring the truth of his actions that he fought so hard to keep up have finally come crashing down.
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Vaulting Ambition
So long as the Syrian Civil War persisted in full force, the contradictions between Russia's alliances could be blurred and elided. Only now, as the war sputters to its end, must that fleeting empire confront the eventualities its was…
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Mask Hysteria: Pandemic (Ep.3)
In this episode, Mask Hysteria host Bilal Virji sat down with Dr Sandra Rafman, a child and developmental psychologist specialising in trauma and PTSD, to talk about the psychological impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and what we can do to…
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La Tunisie – une démocratie menacée?
L’impasse politique dans laquelle se trouve actuellement la Tunisie est-elle simplement une étape inhérente à la mise en place d’une jeune démocratie ou est-elle au contraire la preuve de problèmes structurels plus fondamentaux qui…
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Race and Population: Japan’s Economic Timebombs
National policy and planning have taken centre stage, but are currently preoccupied with avoiding migration. This route should be understood for what it is –national economic suicide.
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